On foreign entanglements

1:22 PM,
Jan. 16, 2014

Written by

Lee McMinn
OPINION

"US veterans despondent over al-Qaeda's resurgence in Iraq." This headline appeared in a Washington Post article (Jan. 11) describing the depth of emotion military men and women and veterans feel when they realize their sacrifice, though honored at home, has been wasted. Whenever American politicians, industrialists and warrior generals enter into a long-term engagement overseas with nebulous national interest and ill-defined goals, as the Bush White House did in 2003, frustration and disillusionment in the ranks is bound to be great.